Water Babies, a dreamy tale

Zena Holloway is best known for her dreamy underwater photographs of celebs, supermodels and athletes. Her images are highly sought after by magazines, ad campaigns and editorials. She recently completed a 2 year project of “The Water Babies,” a book inspired by  Charles Kingsley’s 1863 classic tale. Holloway’s photographs were beautifully overlaid with illustrations by Heidi Taylor. I’ve included a handful of captivating images. You can order the book and look at more here. Holloway got her start not as a photographer, but as a scuba instructor. ...

Bitrebels ©h®is™@s g33k wish list

Have you been thinking about your wish list all year? If you haven’t finished all your Christmas shopping last week and need a pressie for the geek in your family…take a look at this list of geek-a-holic toys.  We have gathered our Bitrebels Author’s top items on their wish lists. From super geek and tech to luxurious and elaborate, take your pick, then post this list on your facebook wall so mom, dad and your girlfriend get the clue. If you are a geek at heart, ...

Get these iPhone Accessories on your Christmas List

In my last post about iphone gadgets we showed you some of the hot iphone accessories for Autumn. Now that we are close to Christmas, I want to show you some fun and practical accessories you can still add to your christmas wish list. Take a look at the über handy multi USB extension iphone charger, Callpod Chargepod. Even thought it is not solely dedicated to only iphones, it usability is fantastic for a multi gadget household.  A bit spendy at $36, buy it here. Want ...

Google OS vs Windows, a fair fight?

Leave it to Google to teach us how to rethink for the future. The way we use our computers is changing quickly and frequently. Now imagine your computer that runs a totally different operating system, one that utilizes ‘cloud computing,’ drawing resources, applications and data from web services vs internal software. Wa..wa..what you say? Exactly, Google Chrome OS is a linux-based open source OS revolving around the Chrome browser. All of your applications will run via the Chrome browser utilizing flash memory and web bases storage ...

Google Wave: Extensions

So we’ve played around in wave a few weeks, while its fun and crazy at the same time when all your contacts are online at the same time. So until we all get a wave account, what else can we do? Have you had a look at Wave Extensions? A Wave extension is a robot or a gadget. The robots are applications that interact with wave participants (based on their capabilities), as well as automating tasks, like publishing a wave post to a blog. Gadgets is ...

CardStar | handy utility app for iphone, droid & Blackberry

Have you been schlepping around your loyalty cards in your wallet? Switched purses and forgot to bring all your cards? Alas, there is a solution. I am loving the “CardStar” phone app, which allows you to manage all of your membership and rewards numbers in one place. There are over 19 categories with vendors and stores from the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK. You can add your company’s membership information, if it is not available from the preselected list. Once you have entered your membership number, the ...

Confessions of a Creative Mind

I had to laugh when I received a email this week titled “Confessions of a Creative Mind.”  Filter, one of the national agencies located in Seattle, is calling all creatives to confess their  secrets, white lies and fibs on their website.. “We all have ‘em, and we’ve all told ‘em.  Maybe you have a tattoo no one knows about, or you rigged last year’s Secret Santa. No matter how dark, dusty or obscure, we want to hear your secrets! Go to filtertalent.com/confessions and fess up. (And sure, ...

Design Thinking

Sometimes we are so consumed with the ‘brilliant idea’ factor, that are eyes and minds don’t think of the obvious, the user experience or the common good of the products and services we design. Even though most of us are graphic and web designers, I find this (older) TED video by Paul Bennett, Creative Director at Ideo, is very much still alive and forward thinking and applicable to our mediums. Bennett reviews several client project, addressing the thought process and end-user experience when designing. Its a matter ...

Big is beautiful | The new 27″ imac

The new release of the much anticipated 27″ imac has all of us mac lovers drooling. I spent the other morning perusing apple.com, reviewing the sleek design of the all-in-one imac. The 27″ display dominates all the way to the edge. No distractions, no mimics. Everything you see is intentional, not a mm of waste. This large work surface allows you to be ‘in’ your work. Earlier this year I upgraded to a 28″ (external) monitor with my MBP. I absolutely love it. It features the ...

2010 Olympic Medals, recycled electronics

In just a few days the Olympic torch will be lit and the countdown to the games will begin. Vancouver has been preparing for this grand event for years, building new facilities, hotels, streets and making surrounding cities a beautiful experience for the thousands of people traveling to Canada. I am very excited to watch the opening ceremony on February 12th. If you want to keep up with everything Olympics, check here. Canadian artists Corrine Hunt and Omer Arbel were the creative minds behind designing the ...

Bare Necessities

Lately I’ve been thinking about scaling down ‘the clutter’ in several areas of my life. I don’t live in a ginormous house, nor do I drive a massively large car, but I do have stuff that collects dust, takes up room and I don’t use often. Every now an then, I go through my boxes, cupboards and shelves, weeding out the things I really don’t need or forgot I had. Of course there are other benefits to not having so much clutter, besides not having to ...

Bold Anti-Smoking ads

Gone are the days of the sexy Marlboro Man, who made smoking appealing, manly and part of the cowboy way. Tobacco advertising is one of the most highly regulated forms of marketing today.  Canada is one of the leading anti-smoking advertisers in the world, compared to some of the middle eastern countries and Russia, where warnings are still disguised in the package design. I’m sure you have noticed an increased anti-smoking campaigns in print, web and TV, successfully implementing awareness of the related diseases, cause and ...